Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Don't let what other people think decide who you are.

My rookie year, I was very immature.

I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

You can love me or you can hate me.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

If I don't finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something's seriously wrong.

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

There's no image we can't improve.

Never let anybody destroy your own ability to create happiness.Its the only thing that will let you succeed when you feel everything else has let you down.Peace and love.

Faith is Feeling Alive In The Heart.

As you think, so you are.

Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.

There are innumerable ways to murder a person, but the most subtle and pernicious of these is to mutilate the soul of the innocent by denying or downgrading their uniqueness and their beauty.

Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].

You know you're getting older when you don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along.

Love liberates. It doesn't just hold, that's ego. Love liberates.

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.

My answer to your question'Does the writer have a social responsibility?' is NO.You owe me ten cents, sir.